A concise product overview of simplyblock: what it is, how it works, and why teams choose it over traditional Kubernetes storage options.
Simplyblock is a software-defined NVMe block storage system built for Kubernetes. It delivers NVMe performance over standard Ethernet using NVMe/TCP, without specialized networking hardware. Storage runs as a cluster of nodes exposing logical volumes to Kubernetes workloads via the standard CSI interface.
This introduction covers:
- What simplyblock does and where it fits in the Kubernetes storage landscape
- Disaggregated vs. hyperconverged deployment models
- How NVMe/TCP enables low-latency block access without Fibre Channel or InfiniBand
- Erasure coding and replication for data protection without excessive storage overhead
- CSI driver integration: how Kubernetes PersistentVolumeClaims map to simplyblock volumes
- Key workload use cases: databases, AI/ML, media processing, and multi-tenant platform storage
This video is a good starting point for platform engineers, storage architects, and CTOs evaluating NVMe block storage options for Kubernetes.